At first, Li Mai felt very strange in his heart. Why did this Qian Mangui jump out at this time to create obstacles? What's the matter with him?

It was only a few seconds, when Li Mai Yuguang glanced at the expressions of the directors, he suddenly understood. Qian Mangui can see that there are still people who are not very down-to-earth, and he is afraid that Li Mai's prestige is not on the surface, but he is beating a drum in his heart.

When Qian Mangui asked this question at this time, he was obviously telling Li Mai that you have to go deeper and completely remove the worries of the directors, so as to achieve the goal of a high degree of unity of thought. If nothing else, Zhan Tianqi would not have been persuaded so lightly.

Jiang is still old and spicy, after all, the business sea has been crisscrossing for so many years, from a small workshop to the scale of today's promising company, ordinary people can't do it. Even, at this time, Li Mai was wondering if Qian Mangui was on the side of the opposition and had the intention of cooperating with him.

No matter what, Li Mai looked at Wang Jiaqing and said, "Mr. Wang, you can answer Mr. Qian's question." ”

"Yes, Chairman. ”

Wang Jiaqing nodded, obviously prepared.

He looked down at the notebook, then looked up, glanced around, and said, "I'll settle an account for you first." It takes about two days for a 100,000-ton freighter to travel more than 1,000 kilometers at a speed of fifteen knots, and it is estimated that it consumes sixty tons of diesel. Based on the current international diesel price, it is about 350,000 soft yuan. At present, there are more than 100,000 ships sailing in the Strait of Malacca every year, of which more than 60,000 are large and super-large, accounting for more than 60 percent. First of all, if we refer to the Suez Canal charging standard, which is one-quarter to one-fifth of the Suez Canal, then the charge for each 100,000-ton ship is about 240,000 soft yuan. If you take the Kra Canal, then for the shipowner, you can save at least 100,000 soft yuan per trip. This is one of our big advantages in attracting customers. Referring to the traffic volume of the Strait of Malacca, the annual revenue will be between 70 and 10 billion soft yuan. ”

After a pause, Wang Jiaqing looked down at the notebook and continued, "Businessmen are profit-seeking, and saving costs is undoubtedly a very big temptation for shipping companies. What's more, while saving time and cost, it also saves time. It used to be possible to run twice, maybe three times after going through the Kra Canal, and at the same time the depreciation time of the ship will be extended. All kinds of things add up, in fact, the shipping company has saved more than just 100,000 soft yuan calculated on the books. In my opinion, this alone is a great temptation for shipping companies that often have to go through the Strait of Malacca. ”

After speaking, Wang Jiaqing looked at Li Mai and nodded to signal that he had finished speaking.

Li Mai nodded slightly, his fingers unconsciously tapped on the table a few times, and said, "As for the other factors that everyone is more concerned about. For example, the owner of the shipping company may exert pressure, for example, Western countries will take administrative measures to interfere with the passage of ships, and so on. In this regard, I can honestly not give you any definitive answers right now. I can only tell you that since I have decided to do this, I naturally have my own certainty and a set of solutions to the expected and unexpected problems. ”

As soon as he said this, everyone couldn't help but think of his red background, and most of their hearts were relieved at first.

Looking at Zhan Tianqi, Li Mai said, "Mr. Zhan, I don't know if you have any questions here?"

Zhan Tianqi shook his head slowly.

"Hmm. Li Mai smiled slightly and nodded, "After the canal began to operate, the work of promotion and sales relied on President Zhan to take the lead. ”

Zhan Tianqi said: "I will do my job well, please rest assured Chairman Li." ”

Li Mai nodded and said, "The Kra Canal project may be more difficult than everyone thinks. I hope that from today onwards, first of all, the board of directors will have a high degree of unity of thought, stand on the same front, and go all out to open fire to the outside world. Leading the group to give full play to its ability to promote the excavation of the canal!"

After saying these two words categorically, Li Mai said in a deep voice, "At the same time, I want to announce one thing. After all the preparations of the Kra Canal Project Company have been completed, I will personally lead the team to Bangkok. During my absence, the company was fully responsible for Mr. Zhan and Mr. Wei. Mr. Zhan is about to give birth, and I hope that during her absence, all directors must control the operation of the team to ensure that there are no problems!"

Everyone stood up and looked at Li Mai. Even Tang Zheng, who was distracted, was pulled back by Li Mai's heavy words.

"What we've done over the past year or so is to get to Thailand today, to be able to someday go to Thailand and turn the Kra Isthmus into a grand canal connecting the Indian and Pacific Oceans. I can't guarantee that you will go down in history because of this, but I can guarantee that this event will be the most memorable thing to do in your life. Serving the country and the people seems a bit empty, but I think that in order to realize the value of life, it is real. ”

Smiling, Li Mai said, "When we are all old, when the juniors ask, at least we can proudly pat our chests and say, No, the Kra Canal mentioned in your textbook was dug up by grandpa and many people." ”

Everyone laughed.

The board, which lasted until dinner, was over and lasted all afternoon. Then the board of directors had a dinner and cocktail party, and everyone raised a glass to communicate with each other. Tang Zheng was a little unable to engage, he saw Li Mai chatting with Yu Yidao over there, thought about it, and walked over.

"Boss, Mr. Yu. Tang Zheng said hello, and Li Mai and Yu Yidao stopped talking.

Li Mai looked at Tang Zheng, looked at him for a while, and said, "Xiao Tang, your face is very bad, did you get off the plane and fall into Gentle Township when you got off the plane in Sichuan?"

Yu Yidao smiled.

Tang Zheng said embarrassedly, "Boss, a few days ago, except for the female staff of our company, I didn't see any women along the way. ”

"There are not many people in the barren mountains and mountains, let alone beautiful women. Li Mai smiled and said, "Tell me, what's the matter." ”

Tang Zheng said: "I may be a little tired and want to go back to sleep. ”

When Li Mai heard this, he said, "Go ahead, let's go, rest first." Don't rush to work, the most important thing is to take care of your body. You're going out next month, and you can't do that. ”

"Don't worry, boss, I'll adjust it soon. Tang Zheng said, said hello to Yu Yidao, turned around and left the after-dinner reception.

As soon as he went out, he took out his mobile phone and quickly edited a text message to send to Bai Jie.

"Miss you, New Peace Hotel, room 1107. ”